Clinical evaluation of a colonoscopy simulator with improved haptics

Sun Young Yi, Hyun Soo Woo, Woojin Ahn, Jae Kyoung Joo, Doo Yong Lee

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Abstract

This paper presents a clinical evaluation of a newly-developed colonoscopy training simulator that includes a specialized haptic interface to transfer force-feedback through a long and flexible colonoscope tube. The colonoscopy simulator has a 2-DOF haptic device with folding guides, which can transfer large decoupled forces of the colonoscopy simulation to the user. Centerline-based parametric colon models are developed to compute collision detection and response in real-time. The clinical study included 22 subjects consisting of colonoscopy experts (n=3), fellows (n=4), residents (n=6), and medical school students (n=9). The study shows that the developed colonoscopy simulator can effectively improve the skills of the residents and medical school students, although no statistically significant training-effects can be established for the fellows.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIECON 2006 - 32nd Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics
Pages4125-4129
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
EventIECON 2006 - 32nd Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics - Paris, France
Duration: 6 Nov 200610 Nov 2006

Publication series

NameIECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Conference

ConferenceIECON 2006 - 32nd Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period6/11/0610/11/06

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